Functional Outcomes of a Criterion-based Rehabilitation Protocol for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Amateur Athlete: Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Knee Ligament Injury
- Sponsor
- Delta University for Science and Technology
- Enrollment
- 50
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Visual Analogue Scale
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Although current rehabilitation protocols following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) are based on the graft remodeling process, there is uncertainty about its time schedule. Moreover, there are individual differences in neuromotor learning and flexibility after ACLR. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of a criterion-based rehabilitation protocol on pain intensity, effusion, and knee function in amateur athletes following ACLR.
Although current rehabilitation protocols following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) are based on the graft remodeling process, there is uncertainty about its time schedule. Moreover, there are individual differences in neuromotor learning and flexibility after ACLR. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of a criterion-based rehabilitation protocol on pain intensity, effusion, and knee function in amateur athletes following ACLR.
Investigators
Omar Mohamed Ali Elabd
Lecturer of Orthopedics
Delta University for Science and Technology
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Amateur male athletes who underwent ACLR surgery with an autologous hamstring (HS) graft.
- •Ranging in age from 18 to 35 years.
- •Underwent a pre-operative rehabilitation program with minimal knee effusion, full Extension, good patellofemoral mobility
- •Ability to actively control the quadriceps.
Exclusion Criteria
- •ACLR with any graft other than a hamstring graft
- •ACL revision surgery
- •associated medial or lateral ligamentous injuries
- •previous meniscectomy or meniscal repair
- •simultaneous meniscectomy or meniscus repair with the ACLR
- •cartilage damage.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Visual Analogue Scale
Time Frame: 6 months
It is a 100-mm horizontal line anchored by word descriptors at each end by "no pain" on the left and "worst imaginable pain" on the right
Secondary Outcomes
- knee effusion grading scale(6 months)
- limb symmetry index of hop test battery(6 months)
- Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score(6 months)